Hunting & Fishing 2009 elk hunting pics

[hopps]

kinda crappy quality, all I had on me was beat up cell phone.

I spent 2.5 days tracking this loner and every night he would move a good 2 miles from where I jumped bed/ saw him. He wound up on the wrong end of a .270 @ 225 yards, he made a mistake and went back to a feeding spot that we saw him in a week before season. ----guess how many guys it takes to drag one into the back of a truck?

these were taken 5 minutes after shooting hours. Thanks to the landowner for loaning us his skidder. .358 STA on the left, 7mm STW on the right.

Almost got ran over by this one and the 4 cows that were with him. I switched from optics to my trusty 760 pump 06 when I went into the alder patch that they spent the night in. Got him at about 20 yards...

One of his horns was busted off, probably happened in the velvet. Also looked like a muzzleloader ball/bullet hit his other horn. He was having a bad year. He dwarfed all the other bulls taken last year in body size.

This was my first elk after over 10 years of watching/hearing them get shot, usually by others in my party but not always.

 

[jmb1911]

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Nice work.

Beautiful country.

 

[psinclair]

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Those Roosevelt Elk have got some huge bodies on them....lots of great meat there...well done!! You guys really earn your elk in that thick cover!

 

[Sendero_Man]

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great job ! those things are Huge bodied !

gonna have to buy a new freezer now

Congrats!

 

[littletoes]

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Nice Elk, and looks wet out!

Did you guys end up cutting it up yourselves, or send it out?

 

[hopps]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PGS</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Those Roosevelt Elk have got some huge bodies on them....lots of great meat there...well done!! You guys really earn your elk in that thick cover! </div></div>

thats for sure...you can spend a full day tracking in thick brush before you <span style="text-decoration: line-through">get a clear shot.</span> get to even see anything.

Favorite days are when its raining, walking up within 10 feet of a loner or a herd can make for an interesting 10 seconds.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: littletoes</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Did you guys end up cutting it up yourselves, or send it out?</div></div>
We cut our own, don't trust the butcher shops around here.

 

[villhelm]

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got a nice 6x6 rosevelt elk down here in eastern oregon, i know how you feel we spend alot of time tracking them!

 

[hueys66]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: villhelm</div><div class="ubbcode-body">got a nice 6x6 rosevelt elk down here in eastern oregon, i know how you feel we spend alot of time tracking them! </div></div>


We have Rocky Mtn over here not Rosie's.

 

[hamr56]

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You arent kidding! I have shot a couple way and the back country and packing them out certainly seperates the men from the boys. Great looking animals!

 

[martinez_ian]

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using a skidder...handy.